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BAC TSR-2

The BAC TSR-2 was a canceled British tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed for the Royal Air Force; one prototype flew before cancellation in April 1965.

Oct 20, 2026

Bắc Từ Liêm (Quận Bắc Từ Liêm) was an urban district of Hanoi created 27 December 2013 by splitting Từ Liêm district; 13 wards, 45.25 km², 366,400 people in 2023; abolished 1 July 2025 into five new wards.

Bacab Virgae

Bacab Virgae is a 485-km-wide virga feature, a dark linear streak system, on Titan at 19°S 151°W, IAU-approved in 2006 and named for the Mayan rain god Bacab.

Bacalao al pil pil

Bacalao al pil pil (bakailaoa pil-pilean) is a Basque salt-cod dish: desalted cod with skin gently cooked in olive oil with garlic and chili, swirled so gelatin emulsifies the sauce, named for the bubbling 'pil pil' sound.

Bacalhau

Bacalhau is salted and dried Atlantic cod, Portugal's national ingredient and the base of hundreds of dishes, preserved since the 14th century so it could survive long sea voyages.

Oct 15, 2026

Bacalhau Field

Bacalhau is a giant pre-salt oil field in Brazil's Santos Basin, operated by Equinor, discovered by Petrobras in 2012 and producing since 15 October 2025 through the FPSO Bacalhau.

Bacampicillin

Bacampicillin (Spectrobid) is an oral ester prodrug of ampicillin, hydrolyzed by intestinal esterases to ampicillin. It absorbs faster and more completely than ampicillin, allowing twice daily dosing; US product discontinued.

Bacan Sultanate

The Bacan Sultanate, or Kesultanan Bacan, was a sultanate in North Maluku, Indonesia, one of the four traditional kingdoms alongside Ternate and Tidore, disestablished in 1960.

Bacardi

Bacardi: spirits company founded 1862 in Santiago de Cuba by Facundo Bacardí Massó, maker of BACARDÍ rum and owner of Bacardi Limited brands like PATRÓN, GREY GOOSE, and DEWAR'S.

Sep 19, 2026

Bacardi (music genre)

Bacardi, also known as sgubhu saPitori, is a South African dance music genre from Pretoria townships, defined by hard log drums and snares, and fused with amapiano from 2021.

Bacary Sagna

Bacary Sagna, born 1983 in Sens, France, is a former right-back for Auxerre, Arsenal, Manchester City, Benevento and Montreal Impact; 65 France caps, Euro 2016 finalist, FA Cup 2014 winner.

Bacău (city)

Bacău, county capital in Moldavia region, eastern Romania, at the Bistrița–Șiret confluence; first attested 1408, 136,087 residents (2021 census), second Nord-Est city after Iași.

Bacău (district)

Bacău (Județul Bacău) is a county of eastern Romania in Moldavia, capital Bacău city; 6,622 km², about 590,000 people, industrial center with oil refining, wood, textile and food industries.

BACC study

BACC (Biomarkers in Acute Cardiac Care), NCT02355457, is an ongoing single-center prospective cohort study at Hamburg-Eppendorf enrolling suspected MI patients since July 2013 to derive troponin algorithms and multi-biomarker risk models.

Baccalauréat

Baccalauréat (le bac): France's national secondary-school-leaving examination and first higher-education diploma, created 17 March 1808 under Napoleon; graded 60% terminal exams, 40% contrôle continu, with general, technological, and professional tracks.

Baccanae

Baccanae (ad Vacanas, modern Baccano) was a Roman mansio, a road station of the cursus publicus on the Via Cassia, 12 miles from Sutrium and 21 from Rome; excavated from 1979 with tabernae, baths, and a porticoed forum.

Baccano!

Baccano! (バッカーノ!, Italian for 'uproar') is Ryohgo Narita's Dengeki Bunko light novel series of intersecting 1930s Prohibition-era America storylines involving immortals, adapted into a 2007 anime.

Baccara

Baccara, Spanish disco vocal duo formed in 1977 by Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola, famous for "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", the first Spanish act to top the UK chart; represented Luxembourg at Eurovision 1978.

Baccarat

Baccarat (Baccara) is a casino banking card game where players bet on Player, Banker, or Tie hands nearest 9. Variants: Punto Banco, Chemin de Fer, Baccarat Banque; Banker bet edge 1.06%.

Bacchanalia

Bacchanalia, Roman mystery rites of Dionysus/Bacchus spread from southern Italy via Etruria, suppressed by the senate in 186 BCE under the senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus, the oldest surviving senatus consultum.

Baccharis

Baccharis L. (Baccharidinae, Asteraceae) is a New World genus of about 400-500 dioecious shrub species from the United States to Argentina, used in folk medicine and including the invasive B. halimifolia.

Bacchus (Michelangelo)

Bacchus is a life-size marble statue of the Roman god of wine carved by Michelangelo in Rome in 1496 and 1497, now in the Bargello, Florence.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Bacchus and Ariadne is an oil painting by Titian, made between 1520 and 1523 for Alfonso I d'Este, showing Bacchus falling in love with the abandoned Ariadne.

Bacchylides

Bacchylides (Βακχυλίδης, c. 520–450 BC) was a Greek lyric poet from Ceos, ranked among the nine canonical lyric poets and known for victory odes and dithyrambs.

Bacdafucup

Bacdafucup is the 1993 debut studio album by hip hop group Onyx (Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Sonny Seeza, Big DS), released March 30, 1993 on JMJ/Def Jam, produced by Jam Master Jay and Chyskillz, with the hit single "Slam" reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album going platinum.